EHR Data Quality: Why You Should Worry and What You Can Do About It

EHR Data Quality: Why You Should Worry and What You Can Do About It

Explore the critical importance of Electronic Health Record (EHR) data quality in a 40-minute conference talk by Lisa Bastarache at the Computational Genomics Summer Institute CGSI. Delve into the reasons why data quality should be a primary concern and discover practical strategies to address and improve it. Gain insights from related research papers on developing and validating EHR phenotypes, comparing phenome-wide association studies with genome-wide association studies, and using whole genome scores to evaluate clinical phenotyping methods in complex diseases. Learn how to enhance the reliability and effectiveness of EHR data for research and clinical applications.